I enter the name of the person as a source and then in details or comments of the
source, I enter their sources. Example: Joe Blow, Windy City, USA Sources: 1850
Census, etc.
Works for me. After I've verified and then looked at the actual sources
themselves, I then enter them as a source.
God bless.
Carolyn,
just an old Texas Gal.
Researching:
Knight/Byles/Walton/Espy/Smith/Little/Marshall/
Waters/Garner/Martin/Foote/Berryman/Colclough/
Rogers/Grigsby/Blanton/Tate/McGuffey/Hobbs/
Schuenemann/Latinsky/Altman/Gambel/Sinz & Gross
WebSite: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cgetting/
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sherry
> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 1:45 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] sourcing
>
>
> You're correct, however, wouldn't it be awfully nice to have that
> person's source in your database so you can easily go to the original
> source to verify? Technically, you wouldn't want to list *their*
> source as your primary - they would be your primary, but having all
> that additonal info would certainly be helpful and you could always
> indicate in the source detail that the info was per their family group sheet
>
> Sherry
>
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>
> On 2/2/01 at 11:25 AM Gary Moyers wrote:
>
> >Hello everyone,
> >I am new to Legacy, changing from another program. I have been reading
> >the manual and something in it is bothering me. Not with the program
> >itself but with what is said about adding sources. I would like to get
> >some opinions about this procedure outlined on page 98 and I'll quote:
> > " Assigning More Than one source at a time
> >
> > At times you will find information where you want to record more than
> >one source. For example, you might receive a Family Group Sheet with
> >the name of the person who filled it out and also several sources where
> >that person found the information. You will want to record all the
> >sources as you add the new individuals to your family file. ..."
> >
> > My problem with this is that I have always been told that for me there
> >would only be ONE source here and that would be the person who compiled
> >the FGS. The sources quoted by the compiler would not become an actual
> >source for me until I had verified that quoted source personally. So I
> >would maybe enter the quoted sources in a note, comments, or a to-do
> >list but not in the source list. Am I wrong here? Do I need to realign
> >my thinking on this ? Your thoughts would be appreciated.
> >
> >Best Regards,
> >
> >Gary
>
>
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